Spectacle-temple.



PATENTED JAN; 22, 1907.

A.w1LLs0N. SPEGTAGLB TEMPLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- i1. 1906.

THUMAS A. ILL-SON, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA; I SPECTACLE-TEMPLE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

A li ti fil d January 11, 1906. I Serial No. 295,526.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, THOMAS A. WILLsoN,

. of Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spectacle-Temples, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to two-part spectacle-temples of the class shown in Patent No. 536,248, issued to me March 26, 1895, in which a sheetmetal pivot-piece formed separately from the temple wire or shaft is secured to the latter by folding and clamping the shank portion thereof upon an end por the case.

tion of said shaft.

Owing to the resiliency of the: metal in the clamping-shank ofthe pivot-piece, it has been found that there is reat liability of the clamped connection to t e temple-shaft be-.

coming loosened when the finished spectacle is subjected to the strains incident to actual use, and more especially so when the temple shaft is formed or round wire, as is commonly This liability of failure of the clamped connection of the tem le parts is practically a serious matter, an a pendmg applicaton, SerialeNo. 248,415, I have rovided for avoiding the necessity of effectmg a rigid clampin of the parts by projecting the shaft throng the shank portion of the pivot-piece and so shaping such projected portion as to thereby retain the temple parts in" proper relation to'the connected templejoint ends of the spectacles independently of the clamping together of the parts.

In my present invention I provide for remedying the diiiiculty by specially forming that ortion of the temple-shaft which is engaged by the clamping shank of the pivotpiece so that the clamping operation Will in- ,sure a rigid connection of the parts notwithstanding the spring of the metal in the cl ampin' -shank and the consequent impracticabi ity of securing a firm grip upon a normallyformed portion of the temple-wire.

The invention is fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and is specifically pointed out in the claims.

lEigu're 1 is an enlarged partly sectional elevation of a two-part temple embodying my invention, the temple-joint end of a connected spectacle-frame being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows the speciallyformed end portion of the temple-shaftor wire illustrated in Fig.1 as it-appears before beingcompressed by the clamp ng shank of the pivot-piece, which is also indicathd.

'Figs. 3 to 5 illustrate several modifications a. citizen of the United States, and a resident l embodying the essential features of'rny incuring a rigid clamping engagement of the parts notwithstanding the elasticity of the clamping metal and the loosening of the grip upon the shaft after the clamping pressure is remoil ed, which ordinarilyoccurs as already stater To provide for insuring this ri id (30111160? tion between the clam ing-sharil 6 of the pivotiece and the sha t end 7, which is inclosed y said shank, I subject the shaft end? to an operation whereby the original or nor mal form ofthe wire is changed at such or tion to adapt it to the special purpose 0 securinga suitable gripping effect when tightly inclosed by the clamping-shank. This efiect may be secured, for instance, by merely .crin'kling the end 7 of the wire, as'indicated in Fig. 2, so that when straightened out by the clampin operation (as in Fig. 1) the resiliency of the wire metal will insure a rigid connection of the parts even afterthe clamping-pressure is removed. Instead of thus bending the wire into corrugations the metal may be displaced by forming transverse depressions, as indicated in Fig; 3, whereby the rerg ired gripping effect is secured. I

ther obvious modifications embodying my invention are indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 4 shows the wire split longitudinally to form a resilient fork-shaped end 7. Fig. 5 shows an end swa ed Wire.

7 formed by doubling over the.

T as it will be seen that the essential fee ture of my.inventionnamcly, the providing of a specially-formed end upon the templewire, whereby it will be ada ted to'efiect a rigid connection when enfo ded and. compressedby the clamping-ears of the pivot- 'piece may be variously'employed, and I do not desire to unduly limit myself to the specific constructions indicated; but

What I claim is' 1. A spectacle-temple comprising a sepa-y rately-formed sheet-metal pivotiece haying-shaft-clamping ears, and a she. t having a resiliently-forn ed end portion inclosed b deflected end portion the bend of which is in closed by said v(Elemping-ears to insure the. 1

rigid damping of the parts.

rete1y-formed sheet-meta1 iv0t-piece having shaft-clamping ears, am a shaft having a" corrugated end portion inclosed by said spectacle-temple comprising a, sepeclamping-ears. 'mtelg-forine'd sheet-metal pivotieee hev- In testimony whereof I eflix my signature I 5 i'ipfg s afuclamping ears, and a she I; having a in the presence of two Witnesses.

. V THOMAS A. WILLSON.

said clam ing -ears, the resilience of the] ciempeds eit'p'drtioh serving to secure a rigid ionnection between the pa-rts.

"esses:

J. B. ESHLEMAN,

3. Aspeet'acle-temple comprising a sepa- HIRAM E. STEINMETZ 

